As he spoke, he accelerated away, Song Ci and the others walked on the way back, he felt that this matter was getting more and more difficult, there were obviously problems in some places, but he didn't know where the problems were.

"What are you thinking, sir? Don't you think there's something strange about this?' Song Ci said: "I don't know now, let's go back to the house first."

Just as everyone was striding away, Song Ci saw that a few servants from a certain family came out, and then there was a cry in the house.

The official was overjoyed to leave, crying louder and louder, so that it could be heard clearly outside the house, Song Ci said: "Let's go, let's go and have a look."

Striding into the house, the house was in tatters, the ground was pitted, and it seemed that the family was not having a good time.

In the middle of the room, a woman sat on the board, and on the table in front of her was fifteen taels of silver, as if she had just been brought by some officials.

Song Ci understood, the owner of this family, when he was working not long ago, seemed to have fallen into the river and died. This silver is compensation.

Fifteen taels, isn't it fifty taels stipulated by the imperial court? Why? Why is there only so little?

Song Ci asked, "Eldest sister, what are you crying like this?" That's why ....."

She raised her head and looked at the few people in front of her, and then said, "The sky is about to fall, and my husband fell into the water and drowned when he was working today."

Sure enough, as Song Ci expected, the prefect sent someone very timely, but why is there only such a little silver? Most of the remaining ones have been embezzled again?

Song Ci said: "Eldest sister don't be sad, there is no way for people to die, the living have to continue to live, you are good, it is the greatest consolation to the deceased."

She nodded and wiped away her tears and said, "Oh my God, this salary is really not easy to get, it's not easy to take, it's only four or five taels of silver a month, and when a person dies, it's only fifteen taels?" That is, three or four months' wages? You say that their prefect is doing the right thing about this?"

Song Ci had long felt that there was a problem, but this was not the time to debunk it, nor was it the time to reveal his identity, and he could only reveal his identity at the necessary moment.

Wenwu comforted: "Eldest sister, don't worry about it first, maybe the prefect hasn't figured it out yet, and he will come to recompensate after a while."

The woman nodded, her face suddenly became much older, and her whole person was very tired, and Song Ci didn't know how to comfort him.

Song Ci comforted her a few words, and then everyone left, and soon returned to the inn, where Qin Xiaoyue and Xiaoxiang had already prepared food and placed it on the table fragrantly.

After washing their hands, everyone sat together, and Song Ci said: "Miss Xiaoyue, maybe the bet between us, you are going to lose."

“.... Could it be that Lord Fei means that this prefect is also a corrupt official?"

Song Ci said: "It's not 100% sure, but there must be ghosts in this matter, and there are other disadvantages, anyway, Miss Xiaoyue, you have a fifty percent chance of losing, and Song also has a fifty percent hope."

"Fifty percent? Isn't that normal? Don't dare to do anything 100%, do you? My lord, are you overly anxious at the moment?"

Song Ci said: "Lu Sheng, tell me what we saw today, Song is in a bad mood and can't eat now."

Lu Sheng talked about what he encountered today, Qin Xiaoyue and Xiaoxiang all fell into silence, things were too weird, and they felt that there were many things wrong.

Everyone was silent, these things were enough to push the prefect to a disadvantageous position, and there was a lot of suspicion, but there was no evidence.

"My lord, I understand, do you mean that it is possible for this prefect to deliberately kill people while building the dam, and then defraud the imperial court of compensation?"

Song Ci nodded, if this matter is true, this prefect is a heinous person, and so many people have died, even cutting his head ten times is not enough.

It's too bad, kill people directly, in other yamen, Song Ci has never had this kind of thing, it seems that the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty can only be imagined, nothing can be done.

"Lu Sheng, Wencheng Wenwu, and Ren You, when we wait for work tomorrow, you pay close attention, I suspect that these people who fell into the water were pushed into the river while people were not paying attention."

A few people nodded: "Okay sir, we know." ”

"At the same time, Xiaoyue Xiaoxiang, the two of you will go to the street tomorrow to visit, so many people died during the construction of the dam, I think, you can always meet a family member, and then ask them for compensation.

"It's my lord!"

Song Ci was very depressed, he didn't want to see such a scene happen, it was too bad; It's just a matter of embezzling some casually, and directly killing people to get rich, even God probably can't stand it.

Song Ci came to the window and looked outside, feeling depressed, looking at the passers-by outside, and also at the night market outside.

It is very prosperous and prosperous, but there is another corrupt official prefect, I am afraid that behind these prosperity, how many dirty transactions are going on.

It was late at night, and they each lay down to rest, and on the second day, Song Ci and others came to the prefect again, and after a long time, they were taken to the river to continue the day's hard labor.

Under Song Ci's orders, Wen Cheng and the others kept watching the many officials, for fear that they would have any misdeeds.

When he came to the river, Song Ci suddenly felt someone touch him behind him, and he threw away the stone and propped his hands on the already cut stone, but finally did not fall

But when he turned around, he found that there was a servant walking quickly behind him, suspicious.

"Mo... Could it be that this person was touching himself just now? It's just that, for various reasons, he failed?"

Looking at the back of this person leaving, Lu Sheng walked over, "My lord, what's wrong with you?" Do you think this person is suspicious?"

Song Ci shook his head: "I just want to see what he needs to do when he walks quickly." ”

The official walked quickly, and suddenly, another person fell into the water, plopped into the river, and had been washed away, which was very strange.

Many people have seen it, and they exclaimed, since the dam was built, there have been many murders, things are getting weirder and weirder, and people are dying every day.

The person who fell into the water was quickly swept away by the river and soon disappeared, which was very strange. Song Ci looked at the river, silent in his heart, not knowing how to express it.

Above, Shushi shouted, "Don't look at it, this person has fallen into the water, and he can't be saved, everyone works hard for a few hours, and I will announce the completion of the construction of this dam after finishing it today." ”

Everyone was not idle, and soon continued to work, and as time passed, Song Ci found that this morning and afternoon, there were already seven or eight people in the water, which was too strange.

At noon, Lin He Shushi shouted to the side and said: "Shushi, our work will be completed in the afternoon, just wait for the imperial court to come to accept, as soon as this work is finished, I will have no income, can you see if you can earn another three hundred taels of silver?"

Shushi comprehended, and immediately said: "Okay adult, the little one understands, the little one will arrange for the official to do it in the afternoon, and after today, the adult is estimated to have earned 10,000 taels of silver!"